For hawkers to go cashless, tax is food for thought
SINGAPORE'S weak progress in going cashless is somewhat mind-boggling, considering the small size of the city-state, and a society that is so plugged into the digital economy.
But perhaps the conversations have been dancing around the nub of the issue for a critical group in the cash economy: tax on hawkers.
The statistics about Singapore's love for cold, hard, cash are well-worn. Cash in circulation in Singapore is 8.8 per cent of GDP, compared to 4.4 per cent in Australia and 2.12 per cent in Sweden.
But a 2016 KPMG study gives off more clues. It showed t…
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